Sure, it might kill a few people, cause millions of dollars in damage and cause a few thousand to end up homeless but thank God for Gustav.

And on Olbermann's show no less. What a shocker.

UPDATENow we have former DNC chairman Don Fowler & Congressman John Spratt joking about Gustav, and it was caught on video. The audio is a little hard to understand, but you do hear enough to know they're talking about hurricane Gustav.

I watched the interview that Glenn Beck did with Ted Nugent, and as I'm listening to him I found myself nodding my head, saying "yes", "absolutely", "damn right". The essential theme of Nugent's philosophy is "We The People". This is our country, not the politicians, and we're letting it be corrupted and screwed over by them and we need to take it back. Read the interview. It's about a 1/4 of the way down the page.

McCain/Palin? Sen. John McCain finally revealed his choice for V.P. Gov. of Alaska, Sarah Palin. Never heard of her, but in most cases you've never heard of the pick for V.P. But from what I've heard about her in the past few hours, she's someone I could support. From small town America, same as me. She's pro-life. Same as me. Fiscally Conservative. Like me. She's for more drilling of domestic oil and development of new energy resources. Just like me. She's a former beauty pageant contestant. Just like me. I was rooting for Lieberman as I think he would have made a good choice, but I think McCain made a savvy move picking Gov. Palin. There are a lot of women who voted for Hillary that feel as though they've been dismissed by Obama. While most would probably never vote for McCain, I'm willing to be that some of those 18,000,000 may just cross party lines. While I still don't support McCain yet, after the coming RNCC I think will have made up my mind as to whether I will support McCain/Palin or whether I will sit this election out. I want to see how she does and what she has to say. Right now though, it's looking like I may just support the ticket. I'm starting to get a little more energized.

"We have kids without dads and pregnant mothers who got their husbands taken away," said Velez's son, Robert, youth pastor at the church. "It was like a horror story. They got handled like they were criminals."

According to that second definition from Merriam-Webster, they are criminals Padre.

These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero.We Have Every Right To Dream Heroic Dreams. Those Who Say That We're In A Time When There Are No Heroes, They Just Don't Know Where To Look

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I love the phrase "taken out of context". It can explain every ignorant, bone headed, stupid, racist thing we say.

I went to the store yesterday to buy a watermelon for my party, but I couldn't get to them because of all the black people. I was taken out of context. The point I was making was that the black community whole-heatedly supports the American farmer.

Born on this day in 1943, Keith Moon was arguably the greatest drummer to ever live. Nothing short of a phenom. Moon could single handily make the same sound as three or four separate drummers. If you really want to hear what "Moon The Loon" could do, listen to Won't Get Fooled Again and Behind Blue Eyes. Keith Moon was shining star full of energy that was sadly taken before he should have been. Happy Birthday, Keith Moon. Oh, also, Happy Birthday to me as well.

Pvt. Nathan Z. Thacker had only been in the country for two weeks before his death, according to the soldier's father, Stephen Thacker.

Thacker's father said his son felt a duty to enlist. "He said it was his job. Even after he got his orders that he was going over there, he said it's his job."

Thacker had attended Guy-Perkins High School in Guy, Arkansas. He earned his GED in 2006, his father said. Thacker enlisted in the Army in April 2007 and completed his training at Fort Benning, Ga. He arrived at Fort Drum in August 2007. His honors include the Purple Heart.

"Nathan was an excellent man," sister Sabrina Black said. "He loved me, I loved him, and I’d give anything to have him back."

Pvt. Thacker was killed when an IED was detonated near his vehicle near Kirkuk. Three other soldiers were injured in the attack.

Pvt. Thacker is survived by his parents, siblings and his grandfather.

These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero.We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died, We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived

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Mitchell reported that some "Obama people" were suggesting "that McCain may not have been in the cone of silence and may have had some ability to overhear what the questions were to Obama. He seemed so well prepared."

Imagine that. Sen. McCain knew his positions and was able to clearly articulate them. It's almost as if he's been doing this for 20+ years.

Last night, Sen's Obama & McCain took part in a Religious Forum. Not sure why, because religion is one of the least important things when running for president. But there's something that Obama said, well, almost said, that has been pointed out.

"I don't think that he was an ex... a..a strong enough..." Good catch, Barack. You almost let that dirty "experience" word slip. So, he doesn't think Thomas had enough experience to sit on the Supreme Court but he has enough to be president himself?

Someone breaks into your friends home and kills them. Would you rather have a rookie right out the academy on the case or someone with a few years working crime scenes under their belt?

Troops are called into action. Who would you rather go to battle? Someone who's never shot a gun a day in their life or someone who's had the training and understands the equipment they will be dealing with?

You're in trouble with the IRS. Who do you want handling your situation? Someone right out of High school who took a class in economics or a certified accountant?

In what may be the most dangerous time not only in America, but the world, why would anyone want someone who hasn't even served a full term in the Senate making massively important decisions that will effect everyone as opposed to someone with 20 years of service who actually understands the job before him?

The more I think about what's at stake this November the more I think I may have to vote for McCain. Obama, with his lack of experience, scares the ever loving hell out of me. The fight that we're in is far too important to leave in his hands.

Spc. Matthew A. Koch was on his second tour of duty when he was killed by an IED that was detonated near his vehicle in Taji. He was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart. He previously was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal, Good Conduct Medal, Army Service Ribbon and medals for service in the fight against terrorism.

Koch enlisted in the Army in January 2002 after the attacks on September 11, 2001 and re-enlisted because he wanted to help the Iraqi people. "He was a brave soldier who made the greatest sacrifice anyone could make for everyone else's freedom," Diane Worman, Koch's mother, said through tears. "He realized that by being over there, he was going to make a difference in the lives of those people." She said her son once unsuccessfully sought green cards for an Iraqi family that had been threatened for helping Americans.

"He always looked out for the other guy, never thought of himself. He volunteered to go to C Co before our first deployment so that one of the guys from our Platoon didn't have to deploy early and would have a chance to marry his fiance. That's Koch for you, always looking out for his buddies." - David A. "Buch" Buchanan.

"He really loved the service and went back," said James Worman, Koch's stepfather. "He had no problem. He was dedicated to the fact that people over there needed help. He was always concerned about other people. He loved children. He was a nice, soft-hearted kid."

These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero.We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died, We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived

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Only 30 percent of ABC News respondents said they trust what scientists have to say about the environment "completely" or "a lot," with 39 percent saying they trust them "a moderate amount" and 30 percent saying they do not trust them. On top of that, nearly 60 percent of respondents said there is "a lot of disagreement" within the scientific community as to how dangerous climate change is.

We've all seen it. And I'm sure most of us think it's pretty clever. I know I do. But there's some in the media who maybe need to get a clue. I've heard some praise her for the satiric ad. They do realize she had nothing to do with it, right? It's not like she sat down one day after McCain's ad and scripted this thing.

We can do limited offshore drilling with strict environmental oversight while creating tax incentives to get Detroit making hybrid and electric cars.

Do they honestly think she could come up with something like that? The woman's not smart enough to tie her own shoe.

What happens to our imaginations as we get older? They seem to just kind of fade away. I was going down the road today, in the passenger seat, and I caught myself looking up at the clouds. I figured I would try to find shapes like we all did as kids. You know, "that one looks like a horse jumping over a car. Now it looks like a face with a long nose. Now it's a fish with a sword." But, try as I might, I couldn't get anything. I thought I had some kind of face for a second but it didn't really look like anything. As a kid I could sit in my backyard with my plastic dinosaurs, green Army men and Matchbox cars and entertain myself for hours. Were I to try something like that today I would just sit there with a blank look on my face. As a kid, my nephew and I would play a game called Daddy And Doggy. One of us would be a dog and the other would be it's master. Just as simple as that. I guess when you have kids that imagination comes back, somewhat, because it has to. But for the rest of us it's just gone for the most part. Getting older sucks.

I hate when they do pieces like this. I don't care what's on their iPod or what their favorite tv show is or what movie make them cry. How are you going to help people unable to pay their bills because they can't afford to buy gas to drive to work? But did anyone notice what Obama and McCain's answers to the stupid questions have in common? They're all popular shows. Nothing that's not on the pop culture radar. No "Big Bang Theory" or "Turner And Hooch", which made me cry. Something tells me, though, that Obama's favorite movie was "The Motorcycle Diaries". It was about his hero after all.

Senior Airman Kimberly Bickford performs a pre-load check July 28 on an F-16 Fighting Falcon at Joint Base Balad, Iraq, to ensure the cable that releases the bomb is operational.

These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero.We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died, We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived

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The government wants to tell us what we have to listen to with the "Fairness Doctrine", they want to tell us what to eat with banning of trans fat, they want to tell us we can't smoke that we have to wear a seat belt that we have to do this or have to do that and now they want you to make sure you separate every ounce of your garbage or face a $1000 and suspension of your garbage pick up. Looks like Obama is getting his wish. America is looking more and more like Europe every day.

John Kerry was the best example of weather vane politics and now it's Obama's turn. McCain did it and Obama is following his lead. And don't think for a second they're doing it because they believe it's the right thing to do. If that were the case they'd been on board all along. They're doing it because the polls tell them it's the smart move. I only have two questions. 1) When will Obama finally admit that the surge has worked and 2) When will Bush, and the rest of Congress, become a weather vane when it comes to the border? This form of neo-slavery that's happening now isn't working.